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^COTTON PALACt OCTOBER 22 TO NOVEMBER 6 zMaki ytmrpkn?jot\ [VOLUME I—NUMBER 24 (INS) Means— International News Service. WACO, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1927 (Spl) Means— From Stall Correspondent Weather IT’LIi BE CLOUDY AND COOLEB 9 20 YEARS VERDICT Jury Says Guilty in Case of M. C. Woodson, Who Robbed Eddy National Bank and Escaped With $1501, Later Being Captured in Bell County With Automobile Twenty years in the state penitentiary was the verdict returned at 10 o’clock this morning by the jury in the case of M. C. Woodson, charged with robbing the First National bank of Eddy of $1501 in a daylight hold-up Oct. 10. The verdict was read by District Clerk Bob McClain. Woodson sat erect, his face a bit flushed. For a second it looked as if his steel-like composure would remain as it did throughout the trial, but as the verdict seemed to sink in he lost his nerve, and his head drooped. He remained staring blankly at the floor until he was removed from the courtroom. N Arrested Oct. 12 CLASH OVER MEXIA ROAD Discord Between State and Federal Highway Men; Losh Dissatisfied With Work AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(INS)—Dis-cord broke out between federal and state highway engineers here to-day when A. R. Losh of Fort Worth, district federal engineer, in conference with R. A. Thompson, state highway engineer, expressed dissatisfaction with several state -highway projects now being planned. Discussion centered around Highway No. 14, in Lime-stone county, a 15-mile stretch of road running north and south of Mexia. Present plans call for rebuilding the highway and making it con-crete pavement. Losh insisted, over the protects of Thompson, that the present road would have to be wid-ened before the federal govern-ment would be willing to contrib-ute aid towards the project. HIS LEG BROKEN, HE ROPES HORSE ^Wounded by Bullet, Youth Mounts Horse and Hide to Ranch for Aid SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 29.—(UP) "With a bullet wound in his right leg that shattered the bone below the knee, Richard Ross, 20, Moore, Texas, hobbled 300 yards on his left leg to the barnyard, roped a horse and rode horseback more than a mile to secure aid. The youth rode to a nearby ranch and was given first aid be-fore being brought to a local hos-pital. MOODY SAYS NO SPECIAL SESSION Woodson was arrested in Tern-pie, Oct. 12, two days after the robbery, by Sheriff John Bigham of Bell county. On the same day he was positively identified by Cashier Fred Stewart of the Eddy bank as the man who at the point of a pistol made him place $1501 counter change in a black bag, and then locked him in the vault. Sheriff John Bigham took $525 from Woodson’s person and recov-ered $600 from his room at the time of his arrest. From that time Woodson has maintained his innocence. Argument in the case began Fri-day night at 7 o’clock, after a trial lasting two days. County Attorney Dick Holt requested the jury to “make an example" of Woodson for future bank robbers and crimi-nals in McLennan county. ' Wanted in Oklahoma It was learned Friday morning by Dick Holt that Woodson was wanted in Pottawatomie county, Oklahoma, for the robbery of the Fir-it National bank of McCloud, Okla., and escaping with $2000. How Woodson came in possession of the green Studebaker introduced as evidence in the Eddy robbery was explained by the county attor-ney who talked last night over long distance with County Attorney Randall Pitman of Pottowatomie. Acting as a prospective buyer Woodson took the car on a trial spin, robbed the McCloud bank, paid part down on the car with the stolen money, and left that day for Texas, he said. Miss M. Hopper, fiancee of the defendant, and her mother, Mrs. Della M. Hopper, who were* wit-nesses for the defense, learned^last night for the firit time that-Wood-son was wanted in Oklahoma. Motion for a new trial had not been filed by C. S. Farmer, attor-ney for the defendant, today. BANKER IS GUILTY Governor Refutes Dallas Rumor That Legislature Is to Con-vene at Early Date AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(INS)—Gov-ewnor Dan Moody stated today he had no plans for calling g. special session of the Fortieth legislature, either now or next January. “I can see no reason at this time to justify a special session,” the governor said. He added that a story originating in Dallas last Fri-day, declaring the governor might call a special session next Jan-uary, might be misleading as he had no such intention at this time. FATHER-IN-LAW OF LOLITA ARMOUIt DIES IN’ CRASH CHICAGO, Oct. 29.— (INS.K-John J. Mitchell Sr., prominent Chicago banker and father-in-law of Lolita Armour, daughter of the late J. Ogden Armour, died today of injuries sustained at Liberty-ville, in an automobile accident this morning that also cost the life of his wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Jewett Mitchell. THE WEATHER £*ASV TO t&LL DRWJ6R-----BOT Me COOAi'r PAM AMM j A’t't'eMttoM» Former Official at Borger Admits Violating Federal Law at Amarillo AMARILLO, Oct. 29.— (INS) — J. Y. Simmons, former Borger bank official, pleaded guilty in federal court here today to two charges , of violating the national banking laws. He was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth pen-itentiary by Federal. Judge, James C. Wilson. STUDENTS DIE IN MOTORBUSCRASH Three Are Killed and 8 Injured as Fast Train Strikes Bus Near Calumet City, 111. CALUMET CITY, 111., Oqt. 29.— (INS)—Three persons were killed and eight injured seriously here today when the motorbus in which they were riding from Davenport, Iowa, to Chicago, was struck by a fast Pennsylvania railroad train here. The dead: Ralph Rhodes, 21, St. Louis, University of "Missouri student. Miss Marjorie Moss, 19, of Paw-nee, Okla., student, and an uniden-tified man. WOMAN ROBS PRINCE CAROL a. U. S. PAT. OFF. (ClFlfrA By Dr. Isldor Block, Optometrist and Meteorologist, 421 Austin Avenue Forecast for tonight: Partly cloudy, probably scattered showers and cooler. I Temperatures, today : Maximum, S4 At 1 p. m.; minimum, 64 at 6 a. m.; barometer, 29:92 ; humidity. 95 per cent; total rain for the month, 6.76 inches. EAST TEXAS — Partly cloudy; probably showers north portion. Cooler tomorrow in northwest sec-tion. AVEST TEXAS—Tonight and Sun-day partly cloudy; somewhat cooler in north portion Sunday. OKLAHOMA. — Cloudy tonight, lo-cal rains; colder Sunday, cloudy and colder in eastern portion. She Was Very Beautiful and One of the Servants at Villa Fell for Her PARIS, Oct. 29.— (INS) —The robbery of the Neuiily villa of for-mer Crown Prince Carol, of Ru-mania, in which a beautiful young woman figured and in which let-ters, believed to be of political im-portance, were stolen. The robbery took place a week ago, but news of it just leaked out. According to the story told to the police by ah old Rumanian servant, who, caring for the villa in Carol’s absence, his attention was attracted by a very beautiful voung woman who walked back and forth past the villa several times. . The servant, being as romantic as most Rumanians, went forth into the street and the two were soon acquainted. They had din-ner together. The servant drank some wine. The next thing, he knew, he said, he woke up in his bed with a raging headache. When the servant arose he found Carol’s quarters ransacked and his fair companion missing. Also a number of letters were missing. Later the unimportant letters were returned, but others were kept. GREAT GUNS! HARBIN, Manchuria, Ocf*»29. —(UP)—A citizen of Har-bin, desiring to viist Rus-sia, obtained passports forvhim-self and wife and bought train tickets when ho was informed he must have a visa for his 2- year-old daughter. While he was^wariting for it, his wife gave birth to triplets and he called off the trip. TWO DROWN AS SCHOONER AND SHIP COLLIDE Two Fishermen Lose Their Lives in Fog Off Cape Cod; 9 Missing and 3 Are Saved BOSTON, Oct. 29.— (INS) — Eleven Gloucester fishermen lost tlieir lives when the liner Presi-dente Wilson, with 600 passengers aboard, crashed with the fishing schooner Avalon off Highland Light, Cape Cod, in the dense fog of early morning today. This was the belief of the eastern coast-guard district headquarters here. ABOARD S. S. PRESIDENTE WILSON (Via Radio to Boston), Oct. 20.—(INS)—Two Gloucester fishermen lost their lives, nine were reported missing, and three others were saved as the result of a collision in a denge fog off Cape Cod early today between the steamship Presidente Wilson and the Gloucester fishing schooner Avalon. Those picked up by the lifeboats from this steamship were Levin Fleet, Franck Hemeon and Nicho-las Walsh. Two bodies were found floating near the scene of the wreck. There were 14 men aboard the mackerel fisherman. The Presidente Wilson stood by looking for survivors or bodies but nine were not found. Possibly they escaped in dories. Four coastguard cutters have come up and begun the work of looking for floating bodies or sur-vivors. The Presidents Wilson, which was not damaged, cammed the fishermen amidships at 4:15 a. m. Darkness and fog hampered the work of rescue. The captain of the Presidente Wilson estimated that five minutes after the crash of timbers the Avalon foundered. BOSTON, Oct. 29.—(INS)—The schooner Avalon, in a dense fog, was rammed and sunk 25 miles off Highland Light, Cape Cod, early today by the liner Presidente Wil-son, according to wireless messages picked up from the steamship at Charleston navy Vard. All members of the crew of the Avalon were saved, the messages Stated. Coastguard headquarters was notified a cutter was dispatched to the sceAe. Another message from the liner stated that the rescued crew of the schooner were being brought to Boston. MARINES GO INTO NICARAGUA ROW American Airplanes Are Used In Skirmish; Two Aviators Are Missing MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 29. —(UP)—Marine airpla.nes cooper-ated in an attack by a mixed force of Americ^i marines and Ameri-can officered Nicaraguan consta-bulary on rebels north of Otaiali, it was announced today. The airplanes were used with “good effect,” it. was stated. The result of the skirmish, was not known. No news has been received of two missing marine aviators, be-lieved to be in rebel hands. TRAIN HITS BUS Train Near Calumet City, II!., Send Vehicle Occupants Sprawl-ing Along Track CALUMET CITY, 111., Oct. 29.— (UP)—A Pennsylvania passenger train smashed into a motor bus at a Calumet City street crossing, pitched the bus against a concrete warning post and injured all its occupants so s,eri9usly' they were taken to hospitals. Some of the bus passengers were so badly hurt it was said they might die. The train was running north to- ’ward Chicago in a heavy fog. Oc-cupants of the bus,—11 passengers and the driver—were sent sprawl-ir. g along the railroad right-of-way. MINE CRISIS IS EXPECTED TODAY I. W. W. Walkout of Coal Miners In Colorado Has Been Rapidly Nearing a Climax DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29.— (UP) —The I. W. W. coal strike in Col-orado, a walkout which has been gaining momentum for the last 12 days, moved to a climax tod^ay. Developments during the next few hours were expected by offi-cials to :fhow whether the strike would be a complete success—or a complete failure. First hope for some sort of set-tlement came with the announce-meflt that striking employes of the Columbine mine at Erie, in the heart of the trouble zone, were awarded a salary . increase by the state industrial commission. The basic wage was raised from $6.27 to $6.77 per day. , KILLER SAYS HE ‘DID RIGHT William L. W. Schumacher, who declare* he did the right thing when he filled his father, is pictured here with his sweetheart, Mrs. Jessie Marlowe, in the McHenry county jail at Woodstock, 111. Schu-macher said he killed because his father was “a brute to mother and the other nine children.” AWAIT CHARGE TO JURORS FOR FISHER TRIAL Case in Milam County District Court Marks Time for Judge During Saturday Argue Case Today Indications Are That Fate of Wiley Fisher’s Son Will Be in Hands of the Jury Tonight By BLANCHE REEVES Evening Tribune Staff CAMERON, Oct. 29.— Trial of the Monroe Fisher case, defendant charged with murder in connection with the death of Albert W. Bonds, former sheriff of Bell coun-ty, more-or legs marked time in Milam district court this morn-ing, awaiting preparation of the court’s charge to the jury. Once it is delivered argument will start, which is not expected to be completed before late to-night. Indications now are that the ease cannot go to the jury before a late hour Saturday night. Charge Submitted At 11a. m. two drafts of Judge John Watson’s charge to the jury had been submitted to the attor-neys for the defense, W. W. Hair, W. G. Gillis a ad W. W. Chambers. A final draft had not been sub-mitted. An impatient courtroom await-ed the hearing of the charge de-livered to the jury, but rumors about the courthouse indicated that no arguments either by the state or the defense would be made before noon. County Attorney Jack Lewis and Few Brewster of Bell county, representing the state, have made no statement as to how long they will argue. Judge Hair announced late yes-terday that probably all three de-fense lawyers would speak when the argument to the jury is made. Because this trial is the first to be conducted under the new mur-der law, which eliminates man-slaughter, admits all testimony relevant to the case at hand, and qualifies the defendant for the sus-pended sentence act, Judge Wat-son began a difficult piece of work when he began his charge to the, jury. That probably accounts for the delay, as the charge was start-ed late yesterday afternoon. CLAIMS PLOT TO MURDER REMUS Bootlegger King’s Lawyer Is Said to Have Found Evidence at Indianapolis r" INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29. — (INS)—Charles Elston, attorney for George Remus, Cincinnati bootlegger, charged with slaying ! his wife, Mrs. Imogene Holmes Re-mus, was to leave Indianapolis to-day jubilant: over what he claims is further evidence of a plot against Remus’ lifd by his wife and Franklin L. Dodge, her alleged lover. Albert S. Ward, United States district attorney, members of his staff, and agents of the depart-ment of justive, gave depositions that a guard was kept over Remus in December, 1925, while he was testifying against 25 former asso-elates in the Jack Daniel’s distil-lery cases, because of gunmen seen shadowing him during the trial. Remus claims these men were offered $15,000 to kill him, by his wife and Dodge. ' McNARY AGREES Author of Vetoed Farm Measure Is Willing Now to Date Sug-gestions of Others WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—(INS) —Senator McNary, republican, of Oregon, co-author of the vetoed McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, indicated today that he might be willing to scrap his own measure if congress and administration leaders will agree upon a bill that will "restore agriculture to its former economic condition.” He said he would call a meeting shortly of congressmen, farm leaders and administration spokes-men to draft some bill based upon sound principles. TEXAS-ARKANSAS MEET OF LEGION SET AUG. 27-29 AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(UP)—Ross Cole, state adjutant of the Amet-iean legion, has returned from a conference at Texarkana on plans for the joint convention of Texas and Arkansas legionnaires. The meeting will be at Texarkana, Aug. 27, 28 and 29, MAN LEAPS OUT WINDOW AS MONEY WOIJ) IS FOUND AUSTIN. Oct. 29.—(UP)—Of-ficers here are searching for a man who leaped through a win-dow here last night when they en-tered an East Second street house and seized a mold, supposed to have produced bogus dollars that that have been circulated in San Antonio. Secret service agents at San Antonio have been notified. 2 KILLED WHEN TRUCK IS CRUSHED BY C. & O. THAIN PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Oct. 29.— (INS)—Chester E. Ferguson, 31, and William Justice, 2 9, were in-stantly killed today at South Portsmouth, Ky„When their'truck was struck by a Shegapeake and Ohio train. MINERS STAGE A BIG PARADE 55 Autos of SympatHiz-ers; Many of Them Leave for the Alamo District WALSENBURG, Colo., Oct. 2 9. —(INS)—Fifty-five automobiles, loaded with striking miners and many of their women sympa-thizers, left here this morning for the Alamo district to “stage a demonstration.” Little fear of violence #’as held, however, as practically all mines in the Walsenburg district were ordered closed today, making pick-eting unnecessary. Reports from the Trinidad dis-trict said the mine operators had decided to close all large workings in Las Animas, at least for tpday. Coal production in the southern field was virtually at a standstill. TROOPS ARE READY FOR MOBILIZATION DENVER, Oct. 29.—(INS)— With a ijiobilization order for na-tional guard troops before him. Governor William H. Adams today declared he will not sign the in-strument dispatching more than 1000 armed militiamen into the southern Colorado coal fields un-less county authorities in that dis-trict call upon the state for aid in maintaining order. Three Curtis bombing planes of the guard are already zooming over the strike-infested area, and officers and enlisted men have completed all arrangements for immediate mobilization. Declaring that illegal picketing in the Walsenburg and Trinidad districts had resulted in virtual paralyzation of the mine industry, coal operators, railroad heads and business leaders have urged the governor to send troops into the district because, they declared, the existing acute shortage threatened to raise havoc with all industries in Colorado. Already more than 1000 men have been thrown out of work at the Pueblo steel plant of the Colo-rado Fuel and Iron company as the result of curtailed receipts of coal shipments. Continued warm weather has prevented any suffering. Altho there is only a 'small supply of coal on hand in Denver for do-mestic purposes. A ray of hope for settlement of the strike, called on Oct. 18 by leaders of -the Industrial Workers of the' World, was seen today in the award of the state industrial commission of an increase of 50c per day—to $6.77—in the basic wages of miners in the southern field. At a mass meeting of striking miners in the southern field a de-mand was made last night for establishment of the Jacksonville scale of $7.75 per day. The basic wage in Huerfano and Walsenburg counties is $6.20. MRS. GRAYSON TO DECIDE ON ‘HOP’ Aviatrix Says Will Either Fly Or Abandon Flight at Once; Winter Coining On OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Oct. 29. —(INS)— Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson’s transatlantic amphibian plane The Dawn will be headed for Copenhagen, Denmark, within the next few days or the projected flight will be abandoned. This statement was made by Mrs. Gray-son today to International News Service as she returned from Bos-ton where she had been in con-ference with Clarence Chamberlin. New York-to-Germany flyer. “Be-cause of the la.teness of the season I will not again this year attempt a flight to Copenhagen unless I feel quite sure of success,” Mrs. Gray-son said. CHARGE DELAY BY MILLIKIN Blundell Says Defense Is Slow in Sanity Trial in an Effort to Stave Off Execution LOCKHART, Oct. 29.—(UP)— Defense in the sanity hearing of A. V. Millikin has caused delay after delay with no other purpose than to extend its deliberations beyond Monday, when the defend-ant is scheduled to be electrocuted at Huntsville for murder of Mrs. Virginia Petty. Such was the charge of District Attorney Fred Blundell. The hearing, which has been in progress for 10 days, has been de-iayed ‘almost every day by a de-fense plea for more time or to al-low presentation of various mo-tions. After the defense rested Friday night, Blundell said he hoped to rush through the state's case and have the evidence with the jury before Saturday night. Blundell does not think the hearing will be concluded before time for M.illikin’s execution. In this event the execution date must be advanced by Governor Moody. Sheriff W. E. Ellison was the first state witness last night. While he was on the stand, the lie was passed from District Attorney Hawkins to Blundell, which almost caused a courtroom fisticuff. Haw-kins later apologized to the court. SWIMMER GRASPS LIVE WIRE; DIES Falls in Buffalo Bayou and Is Killed as He Draws Him- I self From Water HOUSTON, Oct. 29.—(UP) — Death struck twice at the Buffalo Bayou plant of the Portland Trin-ity Cement company today. When it had passed, one man had been electrocuted and another was a heart attack victim. Homer Fenton, a dock helper, fell into the bayou while tying up a company barge at the pier. He bobbed to the surface and clutched^ at the dock. He was drawing himself out of the water when he grasped a live wire. Ed Bradford, working on a crane on the dock, leaped into the water. Some one turned off the current. Bradford pulled Fenton from the water, but efforts to re-vive him failed. In the crowd that gathered on the pier was W. B. Stegman, plant superintendent. Stegman drove home, opened the front door and plunged forward dead from a heart attack. MODEL LEAPS TO DEATH IN N. Y. Girl Pens Pathetic Note To Mother and Jumps From Hotel Window NhJW YORK, Oct. 29.—(INS)— Another tragedy of Broadway, the street of bright lights and broken hearts, was enacted today when a beautiful, dark-haired girl of 22, a model, wrote a pathetic note to "darling mother" and then jumped from the eighth story of the Knickerbocker hotel. She was in-stantly killed. Her body, clad only in a silk step-in and a brassiere, was found on the roof of a one-story exten-sion in the rear of the hotel. She had registered last night as “M. E. Green, Passaic, N. J.” but investi-gation indicated that this is not her name. The police believe she is Mildred Nash of Milford, Mass. “Darling mother: Please forgive me,” said a note found on her dresser.^ “You know I do not love Buddie and the New York life is driving me mad.” ROUSING WELCOME IS GIVEN . PANTHER GUESTS WITH TCU FOLLOWERS THIS MORNING Parade Is Staged to Baylor Campus, Where Home-coming Reunion, Featured by Barbecue, Re-ceives the Visitors and Addresses Salute Fort Worth Throngs The Panther special arrived from Fort Worth this morn-ing at 10:30 amidst the noise of siren whistles, Baylor yells, and the band playing, bringing hundreds of Frog follow-ers to witness the Baylor-T. C. U. game at the Cotton Pal-ace this afternoon, which climaxes today’s homecoming. According to Myron Ward, assistant manager of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, the special had 15 coaches, with~1000 passengers. Waco Coinmitee in Welcome The welcoming committee, W. E. Terrell and Bert Perry official welcome, and to di-rect the parade staged by the T. C. U. students and Exes. Mrs. Ben Dean headed the parade, and cars of the local dealers were filled with coeds to take them to Baylor, where they were special guests at the big homecoming rally and barbecue preceding the game. Many Meet Train Every ex-student of T. C. U. and all friends were there to meet the tftins, some having friends and relatives coming in. Following the cars came the T. C. U. band and the girls’ pep squad, with the leader of the girls and the drum major leading.. The pep squad were dressed in purple and white uniforms, which were given them by Amon G. Carter, Business man in Fort Worth. Neither President E. M. Waits of T. C. U. nor Dr. S. P. Brooks were able to be present, Dean Colby Hall of T. C. U. being in charge of the visitors. composed of Mrs. Ben Dean, were there to give them an PROSECUTION i NEARS END IN FALL’S TRIAL Monday’s Witnesses Ex< ' pected to Trace Final $25,000 of $230,500 to Sinclair WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—(INS) — The Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial was rested over the week-end today with the prosecution’s case nearly completed. The high lights’ of the week in the government’s effort to pro^’e that former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sin- Baylor Students on Hand Nearly all of the Baylor stu-dents had turned out to meet the train, among them being Miss Ma-rlan Harris, who had guests com-ing in oh the special, Ada Beth Scarborough and Helen Durham; Martha Lanham, Nell Torian, Bet-sy Connally, Cobby de Stivers, ex-student, Thelma Chisholm, Edna Maude Aynesworth, lone Casey. Mrs. John Ed Punchard was driv-ing her car in the parade, as were the following Wacoans: A. J. Bush, who was master of cere-monies; J. Austin Strange and daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Spearman; Mrs. Sam Jacobs, Misses Frances and Henrietta Harrison, Layton Dawson. Others Meet Guests Mrs. A. C. Hanna and Mrs. A. C. Bostick were there to meet guests. Miss Lita Chrisman, Mrs. Charles Bostick and Mrs. R. T. Doudy, who was formerly Miss Stella Mae Wat-ley of Waco. Mr^.' J. W. Ward met her granddaughters at the station, Misses Margaret and Maurine Rankin, and also Mrs. J, M. Ward. Miss Mamie Schaffer, teacher in the South Waco school, and who attended T. C. U. at Waco, was there to see all old friends. Preceding the T. C. U. reception this morning at Baylor the Baylor Chamber of Commerce alumni met, and then much shaking of hands with all of the old cronies, until the T. C. U, reception, when there was even more of it. Milton E. Daniel of Breckenridge, presi-dent of the T. C. U. Alumni asso-elation, responded to the, address of welcome made by Dean Allen, and then the barbecue, cafateria style, was served, with the Waco Baylor club, of which George Wie-bus. ch is president, the host of all of the day’s celebration. Banquet Tonight After the game, which starts at 2:30, the T. C. U. team and all T. C. U. Exes and friends go to the Central Christian church at 6:30 for dinner, and at 8:15 everything will be quiet again as the Panther special returns its cargo to Fort Worth. BODY IN HUDSON Dismembered Man’s Torso Found in River by Railroad Ferryman HOBOKEN, N. J., Oct. 29.— (INS)—Dismembered parts of a man’s body were found in a pil-low case taken from the Hudson river here today. The gruesome find was made by a Lackawana railroad ferryman. The pillow case was tied at the end and weighted with a piece of marble and a brick. Half of “the upper part of a tor-so, part of a neck, part of an ab-, domen were found in the bag. Sev-eral parts were wrapped separate-ly in a copy of a New York news-paper dated Aug. 23, 1927. PLANE CRASHES elai, New York oil magnate, fraud-ulently negotiated a lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve ii* consideration of which Fall re-ceived $230,500, were summed up by those following the. case as fol-lows: The refustl of M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of Fall, to testify where he got $230,500 in Liberty bonds he deposited to Fall’s credit,, on the ground revelation thereof "might tend to incriminate” him. Definite' establishment, through serial numbers, that these bonds had come from the Continental Trading company of Canada. Sinclair’s Intent' Shown That Sinclair was actively inter-ested in, and guaranteed in writ-ing, the oil deal for which the Continental company was created, which embraced the purchase of 33,333,333 barrels of oil from the late Col. A. E. Humphreys of Tex-as at $1.50 a barrel and the im-mediate re-sale of the _oil to the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company at SI.75. That all of the profits the Con-tinental thus made, $3,080,000, were converted into Liberty bonds and that those ultimately reaching Fall were included in the lot. Evidence that Fall had never submitted the lease to the solicitor of his own department or the at-orney general despite the fact that a Standard Oil attorney had expressed doubt as to legality of a lease which called for exchange of crude oil for fuel oil. That Fail never advertised Tea-pot Dome for lease, nor called for competitive bids as is usually done. Owen J. Roberts, federal coun-sel, now has only to complete the presentation of the Continental deal and bring in evidence con-cerning a final $25,000 Sinclair gave Fall after the latter was out of office. He will then rest and the defense will begin. A. & M. CLERK IS HURT IN CRASH S. D. Pierce of Feed Control Dc- Iiartment 'fhought To Be Fa-tally Injured Today BRYAN^ Oct. 29.—(INS)—S. D. Pearce, 45, chief clerk, feed con-trol department, Texas A. and M. college, probably was fatally in-jured here today when the car in uhtch he was driving was struck from the rear by an automobile driven by A. R. Dow, student at A. and M. college. Dow, a sophomore at the col-lege, is from Mesopotania. In the car at the time of the accident was A. J. Kendall, Fort Smith, Ark., also a student at A. and M. Dow was attempting to pass Pearce but he was forced back by another car approaching from Col-lege Station, and his automobile was rammed by that driven by Pearce, who was crushed against the steering wheel of his car by the impact. Pearce was rushed to a hospital here where he is not ex-pecked to recover. Charges prob-ably will be filed against Dow, of-ficers said. DIES UNDER TRAIN Dallas Man Escapes Unhurt and Is Able to Resume Flight From Pfleugerville AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(UP)—J. F. Dexter, Dallas contractor, crashed in landing his airplane at Pfleu-g^ rville, north of Austin, but es-caped without .injury. The impact crumpled up the landing geaY, but Dexter was able to leave with it today on a flight to Abilene, Esti-lene, Amarillo and Oklahoma City. He was accompanied from here ry J. M. Page, former highway, en-gineer of Oklahoma, now seere-tary of the Texas highway division, American General Contractors’ association. Houston Night Watchman Struck by Train: Was Walking Home From Work HOUSTON, Oct. 29.— (UP)—J. A. Johnson, 55, night watchman for the Burge Manufacturing com-pany, was killed instantly at 6 a. m. today when he was struck by a Southern Pacific passenger train, inbound from Austin. The accident happened about three miles from town. Johnson, railroad officials pre-sume, had just quit work and was en route to his home. He was walking on the track, it was reported.
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ID | tx-waco-nwp-wetr_1927-10-29 |
Title | Waco Evening Tribune (Waco, Texas) Vol. 1 No. 24, Saturday, October 29, 1927 |
Date | 1927-10-29 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 24 |
Editor | Frank Baldwin |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Publisher | Southern Publishing Company |
Language | English |
Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Resource Type | Text |
Format | Newspaper, 8 pages |
Collection Name | Baylor University - The Texas Collection - Historic Waco Newspapers |
Uniform Title | Waco Evening Tribune (Waco, Texas) |
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Title | tx-waco-nwp-wetr_1927-10-29_01 |
OCR - Transcript | ^COTTON PALACt OCTOBER 22 TO NOVEMBER 6 zMaki ytmrpkn?jot\ [VOLUME I—NUMBER 24 (INS) Means— International News Service. WACO, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1927 (Spl) Means— From Stall Correspondent Weather IT’LIi BE CLOUDY AND COOLEB 9 20 YEARS VERDICT Jury Says Guilty in Case of M. C. Woodson, Who Robbed Eddy National Bank and Escaped With $1501, Later Being Captured in Bell County With Automobile Twenty years in the state penitentiary was the verdict returned at 10 o’clock this morning by the jury in the case of M. C. Woodson, charged with robbing the First National bank of Eddy of $1501 in a daylight hold-up Oct. 10. The verdict was read by District Clerk Bob McClain. Woodson sat erect, his face a bit flushed. For a second it looked as if his steel-like composure would remain as it did throughout the trial, but as the verdict seemed to sink in he lost his nerve, and his head drooped. He remained staring blankly at the floor until he was removed from the courtroom. N Arrested Oct. 12 CLASH OVER MEXIA ROAD Discord Between State and Federal Highway Men; Losh Dissatisfied With Work AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(INS)—Dis-cord broke out between federal and state highway engineers here to-day when A. R. Losh of Fort Worth, district federal engineer, in conference with R. A. Thompson, state highway engineer, expressed dissatisfaction with several state -highway projects now being planned. Discussion centered around Highway No. 14, in Lime-stone county, a 15-mile stretch of road running north and south of Mexia. Present plans call for rebuilding the highway and making it con-crete pavement. Losh insisted, over the protects of Thompson, that the present road would have to be wid-ened before the federal govern-ment would be willing to contrib-ute aid towards the project. HIS LEG BROKEN, HE ROPES HORSE ^Wounded by Bullet, Youth Mounts Horse and Hide to Ranch for Aid SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 29.—(UP) "With a bullet wound in his right leg that shattered the bone below the knee, Richard Ross, 20, Moore, Texas, hobbled 300 yards on his left leg to the barnyard, roped a horse and rode horseback more than a mile to secure aid. The youth rode to a nearby ranch and was given first aid be-fore being brought to a local hos-pital. MOODY SAYS NO SPECIAL SESSION Woodson was arrested in Tern-pie, Oct. 12, two days after the robbery, by Sheriff John Bigham of Bell county. On the same day he was positively identified by Cashier Fred Stewart of the Eddy bank as the man who at the point of a pistol made him place $1501 counter change in a black bag, and then locked him in the vault. Sheriff John Bigham took $525 from Woodson’s person and recov-ered $600 from his room at the time of his arrest. From that time Woodson has maintained his innocence. Argument in the case began Fri-day night at 7 o’clock, after a trial lasting two days. County Attorney Dick Holt requested the jury to “make an example" of Woodson for future bank robbers and crimi-nals in McLennan county. ' Wanted in Oklahoma It was learned Friday morning by Dick Holt that Woodson was wanted in Pottawatomie county, Oklahoma, for the robbery of the Fir-it National bank of McCloud, Okla., and escaping with $2000. How Woodson came in possession of the green Studebaker introduced as evidence in the Eddy robbery was explained by the county attor-ney who talked last night over long distance with County Attorney Randall Pitman of Pottowatomie. Acting as a prospective buyer Woodson took the car on a trial spin, robbed the McCloud bank, paid part down on the car with the stolen money, and left that day for Texas, he said. Miss M. Hopper, fiancee of the defendant, and her mother, Mrs. Della M. Hopper, who were* wit-nesses for the defense, learned^last night for the firit time that-Wood-son was wanted in Oklahoma. Motion for a new trial had not been filed by C. S. Farmer, attor-ney for the defendant, today. BANKER IS GUILTY Governor Refutes Dallas Rumor That Legislature Is to Con-vene at Early Date AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(INS)—Gov-ewnor Dan Moody stated today he had no plans for calling g. special session of the Fortieth legislature, either now or next January. “I can see no reason at this time to justify a special session,” the governor said. He added that a story originating in Dallas last Fri-day, declaring the governor might call a special session next Jan-uary, might be misleading as he had no such intention at this time. FATHER-IN-LAW OF LOLITA ARMOUIt DIES IN’ CRASH CHICAGO, Oct. 29.— (INS.K-John J. Mitchell Sr., prominent Chicago banker and father-in-law of Lolita Armour, daughter of the late J. Ogden Armour, died today of injuries sustained at Liberty-ville, in an automobile accident this morning that also cost the life of his wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Jewett Mitchell. THE WEATHER £*ASV TO t&LL DRWJ6R-----BOT Me COOAi'r PAM AMM j A’t't'eMttoM» Former Official at Borger Admits Violating Federal Law at Amarillo AMARILLO, Oct. 29.— (INS) — J. Y. Simmons, former Borger bank official, pleaded guilty in federal court here today to two charges , of violating the national banking laws. He was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth pen-itentiary by Federal. Judge, James C. Wilson. STUDENTS DIE IN MOTORBUSCRASH Three Are Killed and 8 Injured as Fast Train Strikes Bus Near Calumet City, 111. CALUMET CITY, 111., Oqt. 29.— (INS)—Three persons were killed and eight injured seriously here today when the motorbus in which they were riding from Davenport, Iowa, to Chicago, was struck by a fast Pennsylvania railroad train here. The dead: Ralph Rhodes, 21, St. Louis, University of "Missouri student. Miss Marjorie Moss, 19, of Paw-nee, Okla., student, and an uniden-tified man. WOMAN ROBS PRINCE CAROL a. U. S. PAT. OFF. (ClFlfrA By Dr. Isldor Block, Optometrist and Meteorologist, 421 Austin Avenue Forecast for tonight: Partly cloudy, probably scattered showers and cooler. I Temperatures, today : Maximum, S4 At 1 p. m.; minimum, 64 at 6 a. m.; barometer, 29:92 ; humidity. 95 per cent; total rain for the month, 6.76 inches. EAST TEXAS — Partly cloudy; probably showers north portion. Cooler tomorrow in northwest sec-tion. AVEST TEXAS—Tonight and Sun-day partly cloudy; somewhat cooler in north portion Sunday. OKLAHOMA. — Cloudy tonight, lo-cal rains; colder Sunday, cloudy and colder in eastern portion. She Was Very Beautiful and One of the Servants at Villa Fell for Her PARIS, Oct. 29.— (INS) —The robbery of the Neuiily villa of for-mer Crown Prince Carol, of Ru-mania, in which a beautiful young woman figured and in which let-ters, believed to be of political im-portance, were stolen. The robbery took place a week ago, but news of it just leaked out. According to the story told to the police by ah old Rumanian servant, who, caring for the villa in Carol’s absence, his attention was attracted by a very beautiful voung woman who walked back and forth past the villa several times. . The servant, being as romantic as most Rumanians, went forth into the street and the two were soon acquainted. They had din-ner together. The servant drank some wine. The next thing, he knew, he said, he woke up in his bed with a raging headache. When the servant arose he found Carol’s quarters ransacked and his fair companion missing. Also a number of letters were missing. Later the unimportant letters were returned, but others were kept. GREAT GUNS! HARBIN, Manchuria, Ocf*»29. —(UP)—A citizen of Har-bin, desiring to viist Rus-sia, obtained passports forvhim-self and wife and bought train tickets when ho was informed he must have a visa for his 2- year-old daughter. While he was^wariting for it, his wife gave birth to triplets and he called off the trip. TWO DROWN AS SCHOONER AND SHIP COLLIDE Two Fishermen Lose Their Lives in Fog Off Cape Cod; 9 Missing and 3 Are Saved BOSTON, Oct. 29.— (INS) — Eleven Gloucester fishermen lost tlieir lives when the liner Presi-dente Wilson, with 600 passengers aboard, crashed with the fishing schooner Avalon off Highland Light, Cape Cod, in the dense fog of early morning today. This was the belief of the eastern coast-guard district headquarters here. ABOARD S. S. PRESIDENTE WILSON (Via Radio to Boston), Oct. 20.—(INS)—Two Gloucester fishermen lost their lives, nine were reported missing, and three others were saved as the result of a collision in a denge fog off Cape Cod early today between the steamship Presidente Wilson and the Gloucester fishing schooner Avalon. Those picked up by the lifeboats from this steamship were Levin Fleet, Franck Hemeon and Nicho-las Walsh. Two bodies were found floating near the scene of the wreck. There were 14 men aboard the mackerel fisherman. The Presidente Wilson stood by looking for survivors or bodies but nine were not found. Possibly they escaped in dories. Four coastguard cutters have come up and begun the work of looking for floating bodies or sur-vivors. The Presidents Wilson, which was not damaged, cammed the fishermen amidships at 4:15 a. m. Darkness and fog hampered the work of rescue. The captain of the Presidente Wilson estimated that five minutes after the crash of timbers the Avalon foundered. BOSTON, Oct. 29.—(INS)—The schooner Avalon, in a dense fog, was rammed and sunk 25 miles off Highland Light, Cape Cod, early today by the liner Presidente Wil-son, according to wireless messages picked up from the steamship at Charleston navy Vard. All members of the crew of the Avalon were saved, the messages Stated. Coastguard headquarters was notified a cutter was dispatched to the sceAe. Another message from the liner stated that the rescued crew of the schooner were being brought to Boston. MARINES GO INTO NICARAGUA ROW American Airplanes Are Used In Skirmish; Two Aviators Are Missing MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 29. —(UP)—Marine airpla.nes cooper-ated in an attack by a mixed force of Americ^i marines and Ameri-can officered Nicaraguan consta-bulary on rebels north of Otaiali, it was announced today. The airplanes were used with “good effect,” it. was stated. The result of the skirmish, was not known. No news has been received of two missing marine aviators, be-lieved to be in rebel hands. TRAIN HITS BUS Train Near Calumet City, II!., Send Vehicle Occupants Sprawl-ing Along Track CALUMET CITY, 111., Oct. 29.— (UP)—A Pennsylvania passenger train smashed into a motor bus at a Calumet City street crossing, pitched the bus against a concrete warning post and injured all its occupants so s,eri9usly' they were taken to hospitals. Some of the bus passengers were so badly hurt it was said they might die. The train was running north to- ’ward Chicago in a heavy fog. Oc-cupants of the bus,—11 passengers and the driver—were sent sprawl-ir. g along the railroad right-of-way. MINE CRISIS IS EXPECTED TODAY I. W. W. Walkout of Coal Miners In Colorado Has Been Rapidly Nearing a Climax DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29.— (UP) —The I. W. W. coal strike in Col-orado, a walkout which has been gaining momentum for the last 12 days, moved to a climax tod^ay. Developments during the next few hours were expected by offi-cials to :fhow whether the strike would be a complete success—or a complete failure. First hope for some sort of set-tlement came with the announce-meflt that striking employes of the Columbine mine at Erie, in the heart of the trouble zone, were awarded a salary . increase by the state industrial commission. The basic wage was raised from $6.27 to $6.77 per day. , KILLER SAYS HE ‘DID RIGHT William L. W. Schumacher, who declare* he did the right thing when he filled his father, is pictured here with his sweetheart, Mrs. Jessie Marlowe, in the McHenry county jail at Woodstock, 111. Schu-macher said he killed because his father was “a brute to mother and the other nine children.” AWAIT CHARGE TO JURORS FOR FISHER TRIAL Case in Milam County District Court Marks Time for Judge During Saturday Argue Case Today Indications Are That Fate of Wiley Fisher’s Son Will Be in Hands of the Jury Tonight By BLANCHE REEVES Evening Tribune Staff CAMERON, Oct. 29.— Trial of the Monroe Fisher case, defendant charged with murder in connection with the death of Albert W. Bonds, former sheriff of Bell coun-ty, more-or legs marked time in Milam district court this morn-ing, awaiting preparation of the court’s charge to the jury. Once it is delivered argument will start, which is not expected to be completed before late to-night. Indications now are that the ease cannot go to the jury before a late hour Saturday night. Charge Submitted At 11a. m. two drafts of Judge John Watson’s charge to the jury had been submitted to the attor-neys for the defense, W. W. Hair, W. G. Gillis a ad W. W. Chambers. A final draft had not been sub-mitted. An impatient courtroom await-ed the hearing of the charge de-livered to the jury, but rumors about the courthouse indicated that no arguments either by the state or the defense would be made before noon. County Attorney Jack Lewis and Few Brewster of Bell county, representing the state, have made no statement as to how long they will argue. Judge Hair announced late yes-terday that probably all three de-fense lawyers would speak when the argument to the jury is made. Because this trial is the first to be conducted under the new mur-der law, which eliminates man-slaughter, admits all testimony relevant to the case at hand, and qualifies the defendant for the sus-pended sentence act, Judge Wat-son began a difficult piece of work when he began his charge to the, jury. That probably accounts for the delay, as the charge was start-ed late yesterday afternoon. CLAIMS PLOT TO MURDER REMUS Bootlegger King’s Lawyer Is Said to Have Found Evidence at Indianapolis r" INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29. — (INS)—Charles Elston, attorney for George Remus, Cincinnati bootlegger, charged with slaying ! his wife, Mrs. Imogene Holmes Re-mus, was to leave Indianapolis to-day jubilant: over what he claims is further evidence of a plot against Remus’ lifd by his wife and Franklin L. Dodge, her alleged lover. Albert S. Ward, United States district attorney, members of his staff, and agents of the depart-ment of justive, gave depositions that a guard was kept over Remus in December, 1925, while he was testifying against 25 former asso-elates in the Jack Daniel’s distil-lery cases, because of gunmen seen shadowing him during the trial. Remus claims these men were offered $15,000 to kill him, by his wife and Dodge. ' McNARY AGREES Author of Vetoed Farm Measure Is Willing Now to Date Sug-gestions of Others WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—(INS) —Senator McNary, republican, of Oregon, co-author of the vetoed McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, indicated today that he might be willing to scrap his own measure if congress and administration leaders will agree upon a bill that will "restore agriculture to its former economic condition.” He said he would call a meeting shortly of congressmen, farm leaders and administration spokes-men to draft some bill based upon sound principles. TEXAS-ARKANSAS MEET OF LEGION SET AUG. 27-29 AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(UP)—Ross Cole, state adjutant of the Amet-iean legion, has returned from a conference at Texarkana on plans for the joint convention of Texas and Arkansas legionnaires. The meeting will be at Texarkana, Aug. 27, 28 and 29, MAN LEAPS OUT WINDOW AS MONEY WOIJ) IS FOUND AUSTIN. Oct. 29.—(UP)—Of-ficers here are searching for a man who leaped through a win-dow here last night when they en-tered an East Second street house and seized a mold, supposed to have produced bogus dollars that that have been circulated in San Antonio. Secret service agents at San Antonio have been notified. 2 KILLED WHEN TRUCK IS CRUSHED BY C. & O. THAIN PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Oct. 29.— (INS)—Chester E. Ferguson, 31, and William Justice, 2 9, were in-stantly killed today at South Portsmouth, Ky„When their'truck was struck by a Shegapeake and Ohio train. MINERS STAGE A BIG PARADE 55 Autos of SympatHiz-ers; Many of Them Leave for the Alamo District WALSENBURG, Colo., Oct. 2 9. —(INS)—Fifty-five automobiles, loaded with striking miners and many of their women sympa-thizers, left here this morning for the Alamo district to “stage a demonstration.” Little fear of violence #’as held, however, as practically all mines in the Walsenburg district were ordered closed today, making pick-eting unnecessary. Reports from the Trinidad dis-trict said the mine operators had decided to close all large workings in Las Animas, at least for tpday. Coal production in the southern field was virtually at a standstill. TROOPS ARE READY FOR MOBILIZATION DENVER, Oct. 29.—(INS)— With a ijiobilization order for na-tional guard troops before him. Governor William H. Adams today declared he will not sign the in-strument dispatching more than 1000 armed militiamen into the southern Colorado coal fields un-less county authorities in that dis-trict call upon the state for aid in maintaining order. Three Curtis bombing planes of the guard are already zooming over the strike-infested area, and officers and enlisted men have completed all arrangements for immediate mobilization. Declaring that illegal picketing in the Walsenburg and Trinidad districts had resulted in virtual paralyzation of the mine industry, coal operators, railroad heads and business leaders have urged the governor to send troops into the district because, they declared, the existing acute shortage threatened to raise havoc with all industries in Colorado. Already more than 1000 men have been thrown out of work at the Pueblo steel plant of the Colo-rado Fuel and Iron company as the result of curtailed receipts of coal shipments. Continued warm weather has prevented any suffering. Altho there is only a 'small supply of coal on hand in Denver for do-mestic purposes. A ray of hope for settlement of the strike, called on Oct. 18 by leaders of -the Industrial Workers of the' World, was seen today in the award of the state industrial commission of an increase of 50c per day—to $6.77—in the basic wages of miners in the southern field. At a mass meeting of striking miners in the southern field a de-mand was made last night for establishment of the Jacksonville scale of $7.75 per day. The basic wage in Huerfano and Walsenburg counties is $6.20. MRS. GRAYSON TO DECIDE ON ‘HOP’ Aviatrix Says Will Either Fly Or Abandon Flight at Once; Winter Coining On OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Oct. 29. —(INS)— Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson’s transatlantic amphibian plane The Dawn will be headed for Copenhagen, Denmark, within the next few days or the projected flight will be abandoned. This statement was made by Mrs. Gray-son today to International News Service as she returned from Bos-ton where she had been in con-ference with Clarence Chamberlin. New York-to-Germany flyer. “Be-cause of the la.teness of the season I will not again this year attempt a flight to Copenhagen unless I feel quite sure of success,” Mrs. Gray-son said. CHARGE DELAY BY MILLIKIN Blundell Says Defense Is Slow in Sanity Trial in an Effort to Stave Off Execution LOCKHART, Oct. 29.—(UP)— Defense in the sanity hearing of A. V. Millikin has caused delay after delay with no other purpose than to extend its deliberations beyond Monday, when the defend-ant is scheduled to be electrocuted at Huntsville for murder of Mrs. Virginia Petty. Such was the charge of District Attorney Fred Blundell. The hearing, which has been in progress for 10 days, has been de-iayed ‘almost every day by a de-fense plea for more time or to al-low presentation of various mo-tions. After the defense rested Friday night, Blundell said he hoped to rush through the state's case and have the evidence with the jury before Saturday night. Blundell does not think the hearing will be concluded before time for M.illikin’s execution. In this event the execution date must be advanced by Governor Moody. Sheriff W. E. Ellison was the first state witness last night. While he was on the stand, the lie was passed from District Attorney Hawkins to Blundell, which almost caused a courtroom fisticuff. Haw-kins later apologized to the court. SWIMMER GRASPS LIVE WIRE; DIES Falls in Buffalo Bayou and Is Killed as He Draws Him- I self From Water HOUSTON, Oct. 29.—(UP) — Death struck twice at the Buffalo Bayou plant of the Portland Trin-ity Cement company today. When it had passed, one man had been electrocuted and another was a heart attack victim. Homer Fenton, a dock helper, fell into the bayou while tying up a company barge at the pier. He bobbed to the surface and clutched^ at the dock. He was drawing himself out of the water when he grasped a live wire. Ed Bradford, working on a crane on the dock, leaped into the water. Some one turned off the current. Bradford pulled Fenton from the water, but efforts to re-vive him failed. In the crowd that gathered on the pier was W. B. Stegman, plant superintendent. Stegman drove home, opened the front door and plunged forward dead from a heart attack. MODEL LEAPS TO DEATH IN N. Y. Girl Pens Pathetic Note To Mother and Jumps From Hotel Window NhJW YORK, Oct. 29.—(INS)— Another tragedy of Broadway, the street of bright lights and broken hearts, was enacted today when a beautiful, dark-haired girl of 22, a model, wrote a pathetic note to "darling mother" and then jumped from the eighth story of the Knickerbocker hotel. She was in-stantly killed. Her body, clad only in a silk step-in and a brassiere, was found on the roof of a one-story exten-sion in the rear of the hotel. She had registered last night as “M. E. Green, Passaic, N. J.” but investi-gation indicated that this is not her name. The police believe she is Mildred Nash of Milford, Mass. “Darling mother: Please forgive me,” said a note found on her dresser.^ “You know I do not love Buddie and the New York life is driving me mad.” ROUSING WELCOME IS GIVEN . PANTHER GUESTS WITH TCU FOLLOWERS THIS MORNING Parade Is Staged to Baylor Campus, Where Home-coming Reunion, Featured by Barbecue, Re-ceives the Visitors and Addresses Salute Fort Worth Throngs The Panther special arrived from Fort Worth this morn-ing at 10:30 amidst the noise of siren whistles, Baylor yells, and the band playing, bringing hundreds of Frog follow-ers to witness the Baylor-T. C. U. game at the Cotton Pal-ace this afternoon, which climaxes today’s homecoming. According to Myron Ward, assistant manager of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, the special had 15 coaches, with~1000 passengers. Waco Coinmitee in Welcome The welcoming committee, W. E. Terrell and Bert Perry official welcome, and to di-rect the parade staged by the T. C. U. students and Exes. Mrs. Ben Dean headed the parade, and cars of the local dealers were filled with coeds to take them to Baylor, where they were special guests at the big homecoming rally and barbecue preceding the game. Many Meet Train Every ex-student of T. C. U. and all friends were there to meet the tftins, some having friends and relatives coming in. Following the cars came the T. C. U. band and the girls’ pep squad, with the leader of the girls and the drum major leading.. The pep squad were dressed in purple and white uniforms, which were given them by Amon G. Carter, Business man in Fort Worth. Neither President E. M. Waits of T. C. U. nor Dr. S. P. Brooks were able to be present, Dean Colby Hall of T. C. U. being in charge of the visitors. composed of Mrs. Ben Dean, were there to give them an PROSECUTION i NEARS END IN FALL’S TRIAL Monday’s Witnesses Ex< ' pected to Trace Final $25,000 of $230,500 to Sinclair WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—(INS) — The Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial was rested over the week-end today with the prosecution’s case nearly completed. The high lights’ of the week in the government’s effort to pro^’e that former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sin- Baylor Students on Hand Nearly all of the Baylor stu-dents had turned out to meet the train, among them being Miss Ma-rlan Harris, who had guests com-ing in oh the special, Ada Beth Scarborough and Helen Durham; Martha Lanham, Nell Torian, Bet-sy Connally, Cobby de Stivers, ex-student, Thelma Chisholm, Edna Maude Aynesworth, lone Casey. Mrs. John Ed Punchard was driv-ing her car in the parade, as were the following Wacoans: A. J. Bush, who was master of cere-monies; J. Austin Strange and daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Spearman; Mrs. Sam Jacobs, Misses Frances and Henrietta Harrison, Layton Dawson. Others Meet Guests Mrs. A. C. Hanna and Mrs. A. C. Bostick were there to meet guests. Miss Lita Chrisman, Mrs. Charles Bostick and Mrs. R. T. Doudy, who was formerly Miss Stella Mae Wat-ley of Waco. Mr^.' J. W. Ward met her granddaughters at the station, Misses Margaret and Maurine Rankin, and also Mrs. J, M. Ward. Miss Mamie Schaffer, teacher in the South Waco school, and who attended T. C. U. at Waco, was there to see all old friends. Preceding the T. C. U. reception this morning at Baylor the Baylor Chamber of Commerce alumni met, and then much shaking of hands with all of the old cronies, until the T. C. U, reception, when there was even more of it. Milton E. Daniel of Breckenridge, presi-dent of the T. C. U. Alumni asso-elation, responded to the, address of welcome made by Dean Allen, and then the barbecue, cafateria style, was served, with the Waco Baylor club, of which George Wie-bus. ch is president, the host of all of the day’s celebration. Banquet Tonight After the game, which starts at 2:30, the T. C. U. team and all T. C. U. Exes and friends go to the Central Christian church at 6:30 for dinner, and at 8:15 everything will be quiet again as the Panther special returns its cargo to Fort Worth. BODY IN HUDSON Dismembered Man’s Torso Found in River by Railroad Ferryman HOBOKEN, N. J., Oct. 29.— (INS)—Dismembered parts of a man’s body were found in a pil-low case taken from the Hudson river here today. The gruesome find was made by a Lackawana railroad ferryman. The pillow case was tied at the end and weighted with a piece of marble and a brick. Half of “the upper part of a tor-so, part of a neck, part of an ab-, domen were found in the bag. Sev-eral parts were wrapped separate-ly in a copy of a New York news-paper dated Aug. 23, 1927. PLANE CRASHES elai, New York oil magnate, fraud-ulently negotiated a lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve ii* consideration of which Fall re-ceived $230,500, were summed up by those following the. case as fol-lows: The refustl of M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of Fall, to testify where he got $230,500 in Liberty bonds he deposited to Fall’s credit,, on the ground revelation thereof "might tend to incriminate” him. Definite' establishment, through serial numbers, that these bonds had come from the Continental Trading company of Canada. Sinclair’s Intent' Shown That Sinclair was actively inter-ested in, and guaranteed in writ-ing, the oil deal for which the Continental company was created, which embraced the purchase of 33,333,333 barrels of oil from the late Col. A. E. Humphreys of Tex-as at $1.50 a barrel and the im-mediate re-sale of the _oil to the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company at SI.75. That all of the profits the Con-tinental thus made, $3,080,000, were converted into Liberty bonds and that those ultimately reaching Fall were included in the lot. Evidence that Fall had never submitted the lease to the solicitor of his own department or the at-orney general despite the fact that a Standard Oil attorney had expressed doubt as to legality of a lease which called for exchange of crude oil for fuel oil. That Fail never advertised Tea-pot Dome for lease, nor called for competitive bids as is usually done. Owen J. Roberts, federal coun-sel, now has only to complete the presentation of the Continental deal and bring in evidence con-cerning a final $25,000 Sinclair gave Fall after the latter was out of office. He will then rest and the defense will begin. A. & M. CLERK IS HURT IN CRASH S. D. Pierce of Feed Control Dc- Iiartment 'fhought To Be Fa-tally Injured Today BRYAN^ Oct. 29.—(INS)—S. D. Pearce, 45, chief clerk, feed con-trol department, Texas A. and M. college, probably was fatally in-jured here today when the car in uhtch he was driving was struck from the rear by an automobile driven by A. R. Dow, student at A. and M. college. Dow, a sophomore at the col-lege, is from Mesopotania. In the car at the time of the accident was A. J. Kendall, Fort Smith, Ark., also a student at A. and M. Dow was attempting to pass Pearce but he was forced back by another car approaching from Col-lege Station, and his automobile was rammed by that driven by Pearce, who was crushed against the steering wheel of his car by the impact. Pearce was rushed to a hospital here where he is not ex-pecked to recover. Charges prob-ably will be filed against Dow, of-ficers said. DIES UNDER TRAIN Dallas Man Escapes Unhurt and Is Able to Resume Flight From Pfleugerville AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—(UP)—J. F. Dexter, Dallas contractor, crashed in landing his airplane at Pfleu-g^ rville, north of Austin, but es-caped without .injury. The impact crumpled up the landing geaY, but Dexter was able to leave with it today on a flight to Abilene, Esti-lene, Amarillo and Oklahoma City. He was accompanied from here ry J. M. Page, former highway, en-gineer of Oklahoma, now seere-tary of the Texas highway division, American General Contractors’ association. Houston Night Watchman Struck by Train: Was Walking Home From Work HOUSTON, Oct. 29.— (UP)—J. A. Johnson, 55, night watchman for the Burge Manufacturing com-pany, was killed instantly at 6 a. m. today when he was struck by a Southern Pacific passenger train, inbound from Austin. The accident happened about three miles from town. Johnson, railroad officials pre-sume, had just quit work and was en route to his home. He was walking on the track, it was reported. |